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bush. so it gives you a sense of how volatile the security situation remains here across the country. >> we just heard from the president and i wonder if on the ground in cairo there is any sense that canceling joint u.s.-egyptian political tear exercises will make a dent in the dynamics of this situation. >> well, most of the analysis right now and some of the commentary coming out of egyptians is, so what? it really doesn't matter that much. the interpretation of president obama's cancellation of these joint exercises is not widely considered in the eyes of many egyptians as a significant punishment or significant development. in fact, many people have been welcoming the egyptian military's position being somewhat unilateral in its decision making in that it has been somewhat removed from the calculation of the international arena when it comes to egyptian national sovereignty. that's something the egyptian military has repeatedly stated time and time again. in fact, in one of the few and
bush. so it gives you a sense of how volatile the security situation remains here across the country. >> we just heard from the president and i wonder if on the ground in cairo there is any sense that canceling joint u.s.-egyptian political tear exercises will make a dent in the dynamics of this situation. >> well, most of the analysis right now and some of the commentary coming out of egyptians is, so what? it really doesn't matter that much. the interpretation of president obama's...
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earlier this morning, former president george w. bush weighed in on the president ace options in syria. let's take a listen to what he said. >> the president has got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> oh, e.j. mr. assad has made mischief according to former president george w. bush. >> i don't agree with him much but i'm not a fan of mr. assad. everybody agrees this is a brutal regime. has been going back to the time of his father. of course, the question is what do we do about it? the question has always been asked. there are a lot of brutal regimes in the world. when do we choose to act? when we talk about expecting what john kerry is going to say, if indeed we're acting, i expect him to go back to that very morally rooted language he used a couple of days ago saying we've got no choice but to act when they use chemical weapons. but that still won't explain what the strategy is
earlier this morning, former president george w. bush weighed in on the president ace options in syria. let's take a listen to what he said. >> the president has got a tough choice to make. if he decides to use our military, he'll have the greatest military ever backing him up. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he's an ally of iran and he's made mischief. >> oh, e.j. mr. assad has made mischief according to former president george w. bush. >> i don't agree with him much but i'm...
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. >> that was george w. bush discussing the biggest mistakes of his presidency in his final press conference. president obama did not mention that it took two days -- two days -- for national guard troops to arrive after the hurricane struck or three days for fema to acknowledge that there was a situation at the superdome. instead, our 43rd president wished he had done a different photo-op. that clip is from january 12th, 2009, more than three years after the storm laid waste to new orleans and the gulf coast. here's why we're talking about it right now. a new ppp poll finds that 29% of louisiana republicans believe president obama was responsible for the poor response to hurricane katrina. that is more than the 28% who blame george w. bush, the man actually president at the time and for the three years following it. the results are even more stunning among republicans over the age of 65. 42% of them blame the botched response on barack obama who was at the time a freshman senator in the united states congre
. >> that was george w. bush discussing the biggest mistakes of his presidency in his final press conference. president obama did not mention that it took two days -- two days -- for national guard troops to arrive after the hurricane struck or three days for fema to acknowledge that there was a situation at the superdome. instead, our 43rd president wished he had done a different photo-op. that clip is from january 12th, 2009, more than three years after the storm laid waste to new...
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we saw that during the financial crisis when the choice of george w. bush, whose economic record was maligned by democrats for quite a long time, turned out to be a vital partner with president obama in trying to stop the financial crisis and get the recovery going. so we are not making too big a deal of it. the only thing that may be out of proportion is the speculation to knowledge ratio, because it's a very small number of people, the president and a few people very close to him who really know his thinking, although i talked to a couple of people on the larger obama team today who continue to think that the odds are pretty strong that the president will in fact pick larry summers despite this flak. >> can i ask you, john, why -- why larry summers? if you look at his record, he blocked the regulation of derivatives when he was serving with president clinton. he advocated an appeal of glass-steagall, he pushed for a smaller stimulus in 2009 and resigned from harvard over sexist comments questioning women's aptitude in math and science. you compare th
we saw that during the financial crisis when the choice of george w. bush, whose economic record was maligned by democrats for quite a long time, turned out to be a vital partner with president obama in trying to stop the financial crisis and get the recovery going. so we are not making too big a deal of it. the only thing that may be out of proportion is the speculation to knowledge ratio, because it's a very small number of people, the president and a few people very close to him who really...